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Abstract

A knee orthosis for supporting an injured knee or to protect a knee from injury and to aid the knee in rehabilitation while permitting flexion and extension movements of such knee, such movements involving both the displacement of the femur portion of such joint away from the tibia portion and also involving sliding, twisting and tilting movement of such femur portion relative to such tibia portion, the knee support having an upper cuff which can be secured around a portion of a leg, above the knee, a lower cuff which can be secured around the leg below the knee, attachments on the upper and lower cuffs, and, linear bearings secured to the attachments on either side of the knee, and placed to allow movement of one of the cuffs away from the other and enabling free displacement, rotating and sliding movement of the knee joint and a hinge joint device for connecting the upper and lower cuffs.

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